It was five o'clock.
At Fang Wenping's home.
The lighting here was excellent, and it was a top-floor duplex. The dim golden sunset slowly spilled into the house, making it feel as soft and beautiful as a painting.
Of course, the scene in the kitchen was anything but soft and beautiful.
Drenched in smelly sweat, Dong Xuebin was laboriously scraping fish scales. The fishy stench had gotten all over him too, and he could not help but complain bitterly. Damn it, he had come all this way for her birthday without even getting a chance to change clothes, and he had even bought her a gift. Yet she would not even provide a meal, and he had to cook for her? What kind of nonsense was that?
"Are you done yet?" Fang Wenping urged from outside.
Dong Xuebin was already fuming. "I'm not even finished cleaning it yet."
Fang Wenping was really something. "Hurry up. Otherwise, shut the kitchen door. The sound of you scraping fish scales is giving me a headache."
Dong Xuebin practically wanted to go out and kick her. He snapped back, "You're the one waiting to eat. Could you stop being so picky?"
Fang Wenping was very displeased. "Say that again?"
Ring, ring, ring. The phone rang. It was Fang Wenping's phone, so she had no time to bother with him anymore. She answered it. "Hello, I... Mm... Mm, I understand... I said I understand. Go find Governor Li about this. It's not under my responsibility... I'm off today. I'm not at the office... You don't understand what I'm saying? I said go ask Governor Li. If he won't handle it, wait until I'm back at work on Monday and I'll deal with it... That's all."
Dong Xuebin heard it and thought to himself that after